Chewing for longer can help you lose weight because it decreases the amount of calories consumed. Weight loss is the plight of many and in order to shed unwanted pounds people resort to all sorts of means. From the most unthinkable diets to applying slimming creams. Specialists recommend more health techniques for perdere peso , such as a healthier diet and regular physical activity.
Moreover, according to a study conducted by researchers at the School of Public Health at the University Harbin in China, and led by Dr. Li Jie, the time spent chewing is very important to weight loss as the longer you chew the fewer the amount of calories you consume. The research, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, was performed on slim and slightly overweight volunteers. It was noted that time spent chewing during meals helps to reduce hunger thereby increasing satiety. The tests showed that eating slowly leads to a 12% reduction in calorie consumption.
The volunteers were given Chinese food, and were fed several times on different days and in different ways. Some were asked to chew 15 times with each mouthful whereas others were asked to chew 40 times with each mouthful. It was demonstrated that chewing more before swallowing results in a reduction of up to 12% of calories. This is due to the fact that chewing is the beginning of the digestive process, and is important in the regulation of intestinal hormones (ghrelin, the appetite hormone, decreases after a meal, and cholecystokinin, a hormone is increased), which influences the amount of food you want to consume.